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Dost Mohammad Khan

first Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)
Person human Q32027
Dost Mohammad Khan
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Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
December 23, 1793
Date of death
June 9, 1863
Place of birth
Kandahar
Place of death
Herat
Country of citizenship
Emirate of Afghanistan[13]
Occupation
politician, Amir
Position held
Emir of Afghanistan, Emir of Afghanistan[14]
Religion or worldview
Sunni Islam[15]
Father
Payinda Khan[7]
Child
Mohammad Azam Khan, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Sher Ali Khan, Akbar Khan, Ghulam Haidar Khan[8][9][10][11][12]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Pashto[24]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Dictionary of Indian Biography, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19][20][21]
Family
Barakzai dynasty[17]
Name in native language
دوست محمد خان[25]
Number of children
+52[26]
P14536
404092[27]
P14541
1p0rC4[28]
Replaced by
Akbar Khan[23]
Replaces
Ayub Shah Durrani[22]
Statement is subject of
Dictionary of Indian Biography[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Emir Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai en Dost Mahomed Khan en Dost Mohammad Khan en Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai en Dost Muhammad Khan ar دوست محمد خان ar دوست‌ محمد خان ar دست محمد خان ar دست محمد cs Dóst Muhammad cs Dóst Muhammad Chán cs Muhammad Chán Dóst cs Muhammad Dóst cs Dost Mohammad Khan da Dost Mohammed Khan de Dost Mohammed de Dost Mohammad Khan de Dost Mohammed Khan el Ντοστ Μοχαμάντ Χαν es Dost Mohamed Khan
🔖 Identifiers · 37
ISNI
0000000116019302
VIAF cluster ID
18032259
Library of Congress authority ID
no99039766
GND ID
119455692
Athenaeum person ID
811
British Museum person or institution ID
9281
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
dost-mohammed-khan
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp00556197
De Agostini ID
Dōst+Muḥammad
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
172908
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Dost-Mohammad-Khan
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
dost-mohammad
Show all 37 identifiers +25
FAST ID
434279
Freebase ID
/m/01tnqf
GTAA ID
94752
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Dost_Muhammad_khan
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
16032
Iranica ID
dost-mohammad-khan
Krugosvet article (archived)
istoriya/dost-mukhammad-khan
Lex ID
Dost_Muhammad_Khan
Lur Encyclopedic Dictionary ID
01566/eu_d_1785/d1785
NE.se ID
dost-mohammad-khan
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000040482
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007260517205171
National Virtual Library of India ID
299702
Nomisma ID
dust_muhammad
Numista ruling authority ID
2849
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3893939
Pontifical University of Salamanca ID
1449871
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
18356
Quora topic ID
Dost-Mohammad-Khan
Rodovid ID
602300
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
dost-muhammed
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
dost-muhammad-barakzai
WikiTree person ID
Barakzai-3
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyMdMHGkQGvGCptKg48YP
Yale LUX ID
person/be396389-054d-4edc-9d26-ee414576668e

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🔗 Connections
Child 4
Sher Ali Khan, Akbar Khan, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Mohammad Azam Khan
Children (paternal) 4
Sher Ali Khan, Akbar Khan, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Mohammad Azam Khan
Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Country of citizenship 1
Emirate of Afghanistan
Family 1
Barakzai dynasty
Founded entities 1
Barakzai dynasty
Heads of government of 1
Kabul
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Pashto
Occupation 1
politician
Place of birth 1
Kandahar
Place of death 1
Herat
Religion or worldview 1
Sunni Islam
Replaced by 1
Akbar Khan
Replaces 1
Ayub Shah Durrani
Sex or gender 1
male
← Replaced by 1
Ayub Shah Durrani
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Summary

Dost Mohammad Khan was born on December 23, 1793[1], in Kandahar[2]. He died on June 9, 1863[3], in Herat[4]. He worked as a politician[5] and Amir[6].

FAQs

Where was Dost Mohammad Khan born?

Dost Mohammad Khan's place of birth was Kandahar[2].

Where did Dost Mohammad Khan die?

Dost Mohammad Khan died in Herat[4].

Who were Dost Mohammad Khan's parents?

Dost Mohammad Khan's father was Payinda Khan[7].

What did Dost Mohammad Khan do for work?

Dost Mohammad Khan worked as a politician[5] and Amir[6].

Related Entities

Akbar Khan Herat Kandahar Sher Ali Khan

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . Brockhaus Enzyklopädie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'az', 'azb', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es',
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  2. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1p0rC4
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  3. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 404092
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → politician, Amir
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  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Number of children → {'amount': '+52'}
    Child → Mohammad Azam Khan, Mohammad Afzal Khan, Sher Ali Khan +2
    Family → Barakzai dynasty
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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